import socket

server = 'irc.freenode.net'
port = 6667
nickname = 'ROBOGOMER'
channel = '#uberchat'

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

sock.connect((server, port))

print 'connected'

sock.send("USER Gomer Gomer Gomer :Gomer 'teh noob' Geoff.\r\n")
sock.send("NICK " + nickname + "\r\n")

print 'nickname and username sent'

sock.send("JOIN " + channel + "\r\n")

print 'joined channel'

while (1):
    msg = sock.recv(1024)
    print msg
    if msg.find('PING') != -1:
        sock.send("PONG " + msg.split(" ")[1] + "\r\n")